diff --git a/src/EbmlElement.cpp b/src/EbmlElement.cpp
index 143f439..871247c 100644
--- a/src/EbmlElement.cpp
+++ b/src/EbmlElement.cpp
@@ -372,11 +372,12 @@ EbmlElement * EbmlElement::FindNextElement(IOCallback & DataStream, const EbmlSe
   int PossibleSizeLength;
   uint64 SizeUnknown;
   int ReadIndex = 0; // trick for the algo, start index at 0
-  uint32 ReadSize = 0;
+  uint32 ReadSize = 0, IdStart = 0;
   uint64 SizeFound;
   int SizeIdx;
   bool bFound;
   int UpperLevel_original = UpperLevel;
+  uint64 ParseStart = DataStream.getFilePointer();
 
   do {
     // read a potential ID
@@ -402,14 +403,17 @@ EbmlElement * EbmlElement::FindNextElement(IOCallback & DataStream, const EbmlSe
         // ID not found
         // shift left the read octets
         memmove(&PossibleIdNSize[0],&PossibleIdNSize[1], --ReadIndex);
+        IdStart++;
       }
 
+      if (MaxDataSize <= ReadSize)
+        break;
       if (DataStream.read(&PossibleIdNSize[ReadIndex++], 1) == 0) {
         return NULL; // no more data ?
       }
       ReadSize++;
 
-    } while (!bFound && MaxDataSize > ReadSize);
+    } while (!bFound);
 
     if (!bFound)
       // we reached the maximum we could read without a proper ID
@@ -432,6 +436,10 @@ EbmlElement * EbmlElement::FindNextElement(IOCallback & DataStream, const EbmlSe
         bFound = false;
         break;
       }
+      if (MaxDataSize <= ReadSize) {
+        bFound = false;
+        break;
+      }
       if( DataStream.read( &PossibleIdNSize[SizeIdx++], 1 ) == 0 ) {
         return NULL; // no more data ?
       }
@@ -454,16 +462,15 @@ EbmlElement * EbmlElement::FindNextElement(IOCallback & DataStream, const EbmlSe
           //  0 : child
           //  1 : same level
           //  + : further parent
-          if (Result->ValidateSize() && (SizeFound == SizeUnknown || UpperLevel > 0 || MaxDataSize == 0 || MaxDataSize >= (PossibleID_Length + PossibleSizeLength + SizeFound))) {
-            if (SizeFound == SizeUnknown) {
-              Result->SetSizeInfinite();
+          if (Result->ValidateSize() && (SizeFound == SizeUnknown || UpperLevel > 0 || MaxDataSize == 0 ||
+                                         MaxDataSize >= (IdStart + PossibleID_Length + _SizeLength + SizeFound))) {
+            if (SizeFound != SizeUnknown || Result->SetSizeInfinite()) {
+              Result->ElementPosition = ParseStart + IdStart;
+              Result->SizePosition = Result->ElementPosition + PossibleID_Length;
+              // place the file at the beggining of the data
+              DataStream.setFilePointer(Result->SizePosition + _SizeLength);
+              return Result;
             }
-
-            Result->SizePosition = DataStream.getFilePointer() - SizeIdx + EBML_ID_LENGTH(PossibleID);
-            Result->ElementPosition = Result->SizePosition - EBML_ID_LENGTH(PossibleID);
-            // place the file at the beggining of the data
-            DataStream.setFilePointer(Result->SizePosition + _SizeLength);
-            return Result;
           }
         }
         delete Result;
@@ -473,8 +480,9 @@ EbmlElement * EbmlElement::FindNextElement(IOCallback & DataStream, const EbmlSe
     // recover all the data in the buffer minus one byte
     ReadIndex = SizeIdx - 1;
     memmove(&PossibleIdNSize[0], &PossibleIdNSize[1], ReadIndex);
+    IdStart++;
     UpperLevel = UpperLevel_original;
-  } while ( MaxDataSize > DataStream.getFilePointer() - SizeIdx + PossibleID_Length );
+  } while ( MaxDataSize >= ReadSize );
 
   return NULL;
 }